Stanford football: An up-and-down week for an idle team

Stanford was idle on the field last weekend but not in the polls. Its coach couldn’t care less.

The Cardinal and Wisconsin, which routed South Dakota, were each demoted a spot to sixth and seventh in the AP poll. They were leapfrogged by Oklahoma State, which rallied from 17 points down at halftime to beat Texas A&M.

Meanwhile, the voters in the USA Today coaches poll weren’t impressed at all with Boise State’s rout of Tulsa. So Stanford moved ahead of the Broncos into fourth place. To see the polls click here.

Stanford coach David Shaw said he didn’t know about the Cardinal’s poll movements until a reporter mentioned it after practice Tuesday night. “It doesn’t matter,’’ he said. “It happens every year. Some people play, some people don’t play (in a given week). Some people are impressed, some aren’t.’’